Wild Fire : Aleph Book Company : 9789383064687 : 01 Nov 2014 : Developed and edited by Valmik Thapar, one of our foremost wildlife experts, the book is divided into three sections. The first section, "Thoughts from Elsewhere', written by Thapar, takes the reader on a quick tour of the country's natural heritage in the twenty-first century. It provides an overview of mammalian distribution, the characteristics of individual species, the evolution of the country's wildlife habitats, threats to the environment and much else besides. The second section, "The Wildlife Chronicles'collects the finest accounts of India's animals from the first century onwards. It has stories about the great predators"tigers,eopards, snoweopards,ions, golden cats and others; magnificent herbivoresike the elephant, rhino, wild ox and the various species of deer and antelope; evocative accounts of some of the most striking animals in the country including monkeys, squirrels and other arboreal creatures; as well a